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the visual static of a life that kept saying yes to objects
means A disorderly collection of things scattered or piled in a way that crowds a space and makes it hard to find or use anything.
from From Middle English 'clotter,' meaning to clot or form into lumps — the same root that gives us 'clot,' that thickening of blood or milk. The idea traveled from physical lumping-together to the visual lumping of stuff: clutter is, etymologically, the world clotting up around you.
- brain tax
- Visible mess competes for your focus every glance
- origin
- From clot, meaning to clump or coagulate
- cortisol link
- Cluttered homes raise stress hormones, especially in women
- horror vacui
- Old art term for fear of empty space
- churn
- Average home holds 300,000 items
for instance
hoarders tv series — a&e show documenting people with severe clutter disorders, running since 2009
marie kondo konmari method — japanese organizing consultant's bestselling system featured in netflix series, decluttering millions of homes since 2014